Friday 16th December 2016

The Sustainable Soils Alliance was born out of a meeting that took place on 16 December 2016. The Soils in Crisis Commitment Meeting was an event staged in order to gauge the level of interest, and potential engagement, in the proposed approach to dealing with the Soils in Crisis topic on a cross discipline concerted front.

The number of leading organisations and individuals who attended or expressed an intention to engage, confirmed that the concept had indeed tapped into a rich vein of interest and was an approach, in a field already rich in initiatives and research, that had up to this point been missing.

The high level of informed debate and contribution during the day, the initial funding secured and firm commitments made by participants following the event have provided the impetus to continue to build momentum towards the next milestone which is a House of Commons reception.

The Sustainable Soils Alliance was founded as Soils in Crisis by Treework Environmental Practice andTreework Seminars in 2016 with support from Yeo Valley Farms and the Woodland Trust. We are working to bring together all stakeholders in soil health to create a forum to influence positive change, identify beneficial policy principles and create the frameworks that will support the development of healthy soil for future generations.